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    Bethany Marie photo.
Back row (left to right): Dorrie Braun, Patrick Primeau, Marley Moxley, Griffin Johnston, Sarah Flickinger, Bee Schermerhorn, Dan Hall, Opal Mills, Sam Wickstrand, Marjorie Blaine, Paxson Williams, Rene Sturk, Victoria Smith, Sukima Hampton, Pluto Dolohov, Tori Griffith, Elodie Antonia, Lila Beale. Front Row: Ash Cooke, Jael Roy, Jamey Moriarty, Noah Gwerder, Claire Beeler, Annie Williams, Quin Wildman-Gossett. Not pictured: Phoebe DeMoura, Hans Sprenger and Tatum Wright.
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    Who, exactly, are the Hufflepuffs?

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    A love that keeps getting better | Bridget...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • February 6, 2025 1:30 am

    Theirs is a love story that began as a slow simmer.

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    Orcas man charged with assault with a deadly...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Bradley Kenneth Stoner, 36, has been charged with three counts of assault in the first degree with a deadly weapon,…

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    Conditions of release set for extradited burglary suspect
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    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Two years after a bench warrant for his arrest, Gene Tarez Foddrell, 30, of Georgia, faced a felony burglary charge…

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    Friday Harbor man charged with burglary, theft, assault...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Justin Edward James, 34, of Friday Harbor, was charged with burglary in the second degree, assault in the third degree…

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    The Orcas chess team, L-R: Thurmond Russell, Max Vollmer, champion Lamai Hons, Orion Johns, and Colter Bond.
    Chess champs
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 22, 2025 1:30 am

    The hard work of Orcas Island’s teen chess players has paid off.

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    Editorial
    Reporting on serious crime in a small town...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Writing about crime in our communities is the most challenging part of our job — particularly when it involves sexual…

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    Friday Harbor man charged with rape and molestation
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The trial for a Friday Harbor man charged initially with child molestation and later rape of a child has been…

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    Island kids and seniors share in the joy...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • December 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The holiday spirit was in full force when a group of Orcas Island Middle Schoolers joined the senior center’s luncheon…

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    Kami Griffin photo.
Left to right, back row: Angelina Smith, Aria Griffin, Sandra Malo, Macey Hance and Nora Duthie. Front row: Josie Foote, Alice Estrella, Bella Malo and Cora Shaner.
    SWISH girls’ team finishes season undefeated
    By Colleen Smith Summers • December 23, 2024 1:30 am

    The Orcas girls’ SWISH team reigned undefeated in their season and brought the league championship trophy home.

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    Artwork that lasts a lifetime | Tattoo shop...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • December 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Sara Rose Kellenberger opened Lopez Island’s first public tattoo shop last fall after working out of a private studio since…

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    Lindsay Jennings.
    New OICF director on ‘discovery tour’
    By Colleen Smith Summers • November 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Lindsay Jennings has spent most of her career in nonprofit management.

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    Photo by Aiden Frazier on Unsplash.
    Progress for reproductive rights will continue in Washington...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • November 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington state is poised to continue its defense of democracy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win as the 47th…

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